Language Isolates

ISBN-13: 9781138821057 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 378 str.

Lyle Campbell

Opis

Language Isolates is the first volume to explore this fascinating group of languages that comprise a third of the world's languages. Individual chapters written by experts in the field examine the major language isolates by geographic regions with up-to-date descriptions of many previously undocumented language isolates. Each language isolate represents a unique lineage and a unique window on what is possible in human language making this an essential volume for anyone interested in understanding the diversity of human language. Language Isolates is key reading for professionals and students in linguistics and anthropology.

O autorze

Lyle Campbell is a linguist, Professor Emeritus at the University of Hawai‘i Mānoa. He has also held joint appointments in Anthropology, Latin American Studies, Linguistics, and Spanish.